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The Bike Shop / Re: kink mudrunner for 'light street'

« on: November 25, 2016, 01:28:46 PM »

4lbs, 7oz
how many oz you think i can drop by stripping the paint and removing the headtube badge??
i wish they still used spanish bb

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The Bike Shop / Re: kink mudrunner for 'light street'

« on: November 24, 2016, 09:20:26 PM »

where can i get a grim reaper frame? how about a ti frame? eastern is out of buisness, eh?

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The Bike Shop / Re: folding tires wobbly?

« on: November 24, 2016, 07:39:36 PM »

vittoria makes litewate 20in tires, yes? i cant really find any info about them on their site nor can i find any USA retailers. anyone have info on these tires?

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The Bike Shop / Re: folding tires wobbly?

« on: November 24, 2016, 07:19:31 PM »

i mean what tire is anywhere near as awesome/similar to the microknobbie? im about to get a markweb khe tire for the front. im worried about traction on dirt, tho
https://www.danscomp.com/products/444088/KHE_Mark_Webb_Folding_Tire.html

how do i assure the tire is seated properly? the other stiffer tires seem to seat just fine

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The Bike Shop / kink mudrunner for 'light street'

« on: November 24, 2016, 07:17:15 PM »

anyone have one of these? how dinky are the dropouts?

sometimes i scrape my chainstays during pedalslides but all my other litewate frame's chainstay's seem to get dented but dont break

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The Bike Shop / folding tires wobbly?

« on: November 23, 2016, 05:51:37 PM »

seems like all the folding tires I've ran have problems with the bead. well I've only run microknobbies really, and they all seem to be wonky and wobbly. my rim is definitely straight and there's definitely big lumps and imperfections on the tire.
iirc someone said this was an inherent problem with most all Kevlar tires?
any info? any remedy's?

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The Lounge / Re: how do i pay my taxes?

« on: November 21, 2016, 06:57:44 PM »

another question, if i only work like 3 months of the year, what do i put as my monthly income? zero or like a buttload? or do i kinda spread it out throughout the year? i imagine zero would be in my best interest?

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The Lounge / Re: This video perfectly sums up what BMX is to me at this point

« on: November 21, 2016, 06:31:44 PM »

every bike party, critical mass, social ride has been this, cept with a cluster fuck of drunk people and loud, obnoxious techno, haha

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The Lounge / how do i pay my taxes?

« on: November 21, 2016, 06:27:24 PM »

my mom has always done it for me but last year i worked october without her knowledge and never filed them on my own.
1099 self-employed contractor worker
I had the form sent to a house i no longer live in. months later i asked my boss to resend it to me and he said call the irs and have them send the form to my house. well its been about 13months and i just went to call them to have the form sent to me and they said they only return calls during tax season!  how can i even find out when tax season is if they dont answer their calls???

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The Bike Shop / Re: Road touring gear? Touring advice?

« on: November 19, 2016, 01:00:34 AM »

high heels and a bag full of innertubes

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The Bike Shop / shadow pc pedal spindle interchangability

« on: November 18, 2016, 06:12:20 PM »

so i have a lhd set of 175mm wombolts. but both arms im using are left arms. so i want to put shadow pc pedals on these cranks but i need two left pedal spindles. does anyone know what pedals have similar or the same pedal spindle i could swap out?

any chance anyone have a spare lhd non-driveside wombolt arm?

EDIT:
i tried an animal pc spindle but it was like 1/4in shorter so the final bolt only threaded on about halfway
and that spindle looked heavier
when i finally get a proper spindle on the crank, im thinking blue loctite until i can find someone with a welder at hand who can put on a single dot of weld that i could later grind/hammer off, sound idea?

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Sell and Swap / Re: WTP Lofi v3 20.75 grey frame and fork

« on: November 08, 2016, 09:14:39 PM »

nice hops

what is the rear end length and the bb height of this?
mid bb? brakes? i cant find any info about this frame online
what year is this frame? are you originial owner?

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The Bike Shop / Re: Tire pressure

« on: November 08, 2016, 08:43:33 PM »

under 50psi is great if you ride slow


say im riding a 2.25, 2.0 both at 75psi at sea level, 100degrees. how much is tire pressure affected if i then go to 5000ft elevation 40deg F? is the dial on the bicycle also effected?

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The Lounge / Re: Who are you guys voting for?

« on: November 08, 2016, 08:32:22 PM »

green party as always

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The Bike Shop / Re: Interbike 2016

« on: November 08, 2016, 12:25:20 PM »

Seems like The Merged isnt posting that much anymore
Eastern got a ti-grim reaper frame again

holy fuck i cracked my frame right in fucking time!